Careers in Health: Lyndsey’s passion for wound care
Lyndsey Cremin, director of The Dressing Clinic.
Cuts, lacerations and gashes are a part of life all of us will probably experience in various degrees of seriousness.
Lyndsey Cremin is the director of The Dressing Clinic and a tissue viability clinical nurse specialist who has made the care of wounds her career.
With over 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry, her passion for wound care began during her time as a registered nurse, where she developed a keen interest in wound healing and the management of both acute and chronic wounds.
Since then, she has continued to build on her knowledge and expertise, working in a variety of clinical settings including private and public hospitals and community care. In 2021, Lyndsey founded The Dressing Clinic, which offers a range of specialised services, including negative pressure wound therapy, compression therapy, and education/training.
“I am a specialist nurse in wound care and I help nurses and other healthcare professionals feel more confident and competent in all things wound care.”
With a deep understanding of the challenges that patients face in managing complex wounds and their ongoing struggle to access high quality, specialist wound care, Lyndsey is committed to promoting awareness and improving access to wound care services in Ireland.
The Dressing Clinic began as a nurse-led community wound care service, she explains, created to support patients who struggled to access specialised care outside the hospital setting.
“Over time, I noticed something powerful, many of the nurses and doctors caring for these patients were eager to learn more about wound management. They were looking for practical, evidence-based education they could apply immediately in their daily practice.”
She found that trying to deliver that education at the bedside, between phone calls, paperwork, and waiting patients, simply wasn’t sustainable.
“That’s why The Dressing Clinic evolved. Today, my primary focus is wound care education, empowering nurses and healthcare professionals everywhere to build confidence, improve outcomes, and deliver high-quality care in their communities.”
Having prepared to sit her Leaving Certificate in 2008, Lyndsey was confronted with the passing of her mother just three months before the exams began.
“I had to make all the big life decisions that come at that time in your life, and decided that nursing might be for me.”
Attending Cork College of Commerce and completing FETAC level 5 in Nursing Studies, she went on to Dundalk Institute of Technology where she completed a degree in General Nursing.
“Following on from this, I attended the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin to complete my Postgraduate Degree and Masters in Wound Management & Tissue Viability.”
As part of her training, Lyndsey had the opportunity to gain a wide experience through clinical placements in acute hospitals and in the community.
“Surgical placements were my favourite during my training. After I qualified, I worked on a busy orthopaedic trauma unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda before moving to Cork and joining a surgical ward in the Mercy University Hospital. During my time in the Mercy University Hospital, I really loved working with the Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist and discovered my passion for wound care.”
As part of her postgraduate degree, she moved to The Mater Private Hospital Cork working on a surgical ward, and finished up running the Outpatient Dressing Clinic. It was at that point her dream job came up.
“I was the first Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist appointed to the Bon Secours Hospital Cork in 2019, where I helped establish the service for inpatients and outpatients while also supporting the nursing staff through education and training.”
The idea came to her from listening to patients and trying to help them navigate the wound care services that are available once they have been discharged from hospital.
“I decided to set up The Dressing Clinic in 2021 with the goal of offering another option for doctors, nurses and patients themselves, who are managing wounds in the community. GPs, Practice Nurses and Public Health Nurses are extremely busy and wound care can be time-consuming. I support to my colleagues as well as ease of access to specialist wound care for patients, through the services of The Dressing Clinic.”
The Dressing Clinic specialises in providing on-site training for teams across Ireland.
“My group workshops are interactive, practical, and designed to meet the specific needs of your staff and residents. Sessions can be tailored for nurses, healthcare assistants, or mixed teams, and delivered at your location.”
Lyndsey’s in-person workshops make learning practical and hands-on, as well as offering online, on-demand programmes that allow busy nurses to learn at their own pace, anytime and anywhere.
“Wound care is one of those areas of practice where you’re often expected to just know, even though many of us were never given the time, structure or support to truly build confidence in it.”
This is why she launched her Wound Care Made Easy membership: “This membership is designed for everyday nurses working in real-world settings who want more confidence in wound assessment and decision-making; clear, evidence-based guidance without the overwhelm; practical education they can actually apply in clinic, on the ward, or in the community; and 24/7 easy access to fit any schedule.”
Members get monthly wound care masterclasses, weekly clinical emails with practical tips, updates and insights, and education that fits around busy schedules. “It’s about building confidence, clarity and consistency in wound care.”
Alongside patient care, The Dressing Clinic delivers NMBI-accredited wound care training to support nurses in acute, community, and elder care settings – designed to strengthen nurses’ confidence and clinical decision-making in wound assessment and dressing selection.
Last month, Lyndsey teamed up with Ines Sadoc Periera, nurse consultant in wound care and scar therapist and founder of Wound Wellbeing, to deliver a workshop on Fundamentals of Wound & Scar Care.
“This is something we both see all the time in practice, the gap between managing a wound and understanding what happens next with scarring. We designed the session to be practical, relevant, and easy to apply, especially for generalist nurses who want to feel more confident in both areas.”
Having found her ideal occupation, Lyndsey manages a busy work schedule promoting a passion she has made her own.
“I continue to offer wound care services to patients in the community, because staying connected to clinical practice keeps our education grounded in real-world experience. At The Dressing Clinic, I believe that when healthcare professionals are empowered with knowledge, patients heal better, faster, and more confidently.”
